(a) Courts. These rules govern the practice and procedure in all criminal proceedings in the courts of this state as prescribed in N.D.R.Crim.P. 1.

(b) Proceedings.

(1) Habeas corpus. These rules do not apply to proceedings on any application for a writ of habeas corpus had in the courts of this state pursuant to N.D.C.C. ch. 32-22, or N.D.C.C. ch. 25-03.1, nor to such other habeas corpus proceedings as may be authorized by the laws and decisions of the supreme court of this state or of the Supreme Court of the United States as may be controlling upon the courts of this state.

(2) Peace bonds. These rules do not alter the power of magistrates authorized by law to act within the county to take and hold security for the prevention of a public offense, or of a district judge to dispose of such peace bonds as provided by N.D.C.C. ch. 29-02. However, these rules are applicable to procedure under N.D.C.C. ch. 29-02, so far as they are not inconsistent therewith.

(3) Tuberculosis board and mental health commitment proceedings. These rules do not apply to proceedings had for the purpose of determining whether a proposed patient should be ordered committed to the state hospital at Jamestown or any other hospital or school for the mentally ill or mentally deficient or tubercular persons as may be authorized by N.D.C.C. tit. 25, or other laws.

Subdivision (b)(4) excludes certain other procedures which are either civil in nature or cannot be classified as either civil or criminal:

(i) extradition or rendition of fugitives (N.D.C.C. ch. 29-30);

(ii) the collection of fines and penalties (See N.D.R.Civ.P. 69);

(iii) proceedings under the Uniform Juvenile Court Act (See N.D.C.C. ch. 27-20) unless the juvenile is not being proceeded against as a juvenile; and

(iv) action to determine the paternity of a child born out of wedlock (N.D.C.C. ch. 14-17).

The phrase "by statute and" was deleted from N.D.R.Crim.P. 1, effective March 1, 1992, to eliminate the conflict that occasionally occurred between rules and statutes. The amendment was not intended to delete any procedural rules in statutes that are not covered by court rules.